Tide-water trunk or flood-gate.



. No;'754,308. PATENTED MAR, s, 1904.

' J. 0. HEIDT.

TIDE WATER TRUNK ORPLOOD GATE.

APPLICATION FILED 00124, 1903.

' 2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

NO MODEL.

PATENTED MAR.4,8, 1904. J. 0. HBIDT. TIDE WATER TRUNK 0R FLOOD GATE.

, APPLICATION FILED 0911.24, 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

N0 MODEL.

iUNlTlEi) dramas Patented March 8, 1904.

PATE T @FFIQE.

TIDE-WATER TRUNK OH i LOCIJDGATEn sPECIFIGAEION forming part of LettersPatent No. 754,308, dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed October 24, 1903. Serial No. 178,330. (No model.)

at all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, Jesse G.Hn1nr, a citizen of the United States,residing" at Bailey 5 Mills, in the county of Qamden and State ofroorgiaghave invented certain new and useful improvements in 'lile\\'ater Trunks or Flood-hates; and I do declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make anduse thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of thisspecification.

M y invention relates to tide-water trunks or flood-gates for irrigationpurposes, and is particularly designed for flooding or irrigatingrice-fields, although it may be used for irrigating other lields.

it has for its object to provide such a trunk or flood-gate providedwith two oppositelydisposcd gates or doors arranged within the trunk,one near each end of the trunk, and hinged so as to swing outwardly ortoward the outer end of the trunk, so that the gate will swing to anopen position by the pressure of the water against one face and flowingin one direction and closed by the pressure of the water against itsopposite face, whether the operative gate for the time being he the onenext to the field to be irrigated or the one next to the source ofwater-supply.

it has further for its object to provide means for preventing trash ordebris from entering the trunk at either end thereof, so that theinterior operative parts of the trunk will not be injured by such trashor debris.

It has further for its object to provide sim:

ple means for preventing water from entering the trunk at either end, sothat the interior of the trunk will have water excluded therefrom whenacccss'isto be had to the interior for inspection or repairs.

, it has further for its object to generally simplify and cheapcn thecost of construction of an efficient trunk or flood-gate for thepurposes stated. 1

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear, the invention consists in the construction and inthe combination of parts hereinafter particularly described and thensought I to be clearly defined by the claims, reference being had tothe-accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure'lis a vertical longitudinal section through a trunk or flood-gateembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is avertical cross-section through the same. Fig. 4 is a verticallongitudinal section through a portion of the trunk, showing theWindlass arrangement by which the gates may be raised and lowered. Fig.5 is a front view of one of the cut-off gates. Fig. 6 isa face view ofone of the swinginggates or doors, and Fig. 7 is a face view of one ofthe end screens. i

In the drawings the body portion of the trunk is illustrated as composedof the mud.- sills 1,,the upright posts 2, the top cross bars or beams3, the floor 4:, and the sides 5. The mud-sills, upright posts, andcross-beams may be made of wooden timbers of suitable di' mensionsdovetailedor otherwise secured together, and .the floor and sides willbe composed of suitable boards or planks, and the nind-sills'arepreferably extended beyond the sides of the body portion, so as togivegreater stability to the body portion when resting in the dock madefor it. The body portion is open at the top except for a portionthereof, which is covered by a removable platform or bridge 6.

\Vithin the body portion of the trunk, at a distance back from each endthereof, there is secured a frame which for convenience I Will designatea muzzle, the same being formed of timbers or pieces 7, bolted orotherwise secured to the inside of the side walls of the body of thetrunk; and inclined from the bottom upwardly toward the middle orcentral portion of the trunk at an angle of from forty to forty livedegrees, more or less, and of cross timbers or pieces 8 at the lowerends of these inclined pieces and resting upon the floor and extendingfrom one side to the other; said-bottom pieces being beveled, so as toconform to the inclination of the side timbers or pieces of the frame.Each frame thus formed constitutes a seat for a swinging valve or gate.

Each 0t these valves or gates is composed of a portion ii,\\'l11(3l1preferably is made of planks or hoards crossing each other orhattenctil, 1

as ill ustrated. and a portion .1 t) likewise formed, the portion 9heing connected to the. portion 10 hy hinges 11 or otherwise, so as toswing into an opened and a closed position. The portion 10 has extendingupwardly therefrom an arm 12,whieh passes through a slot or opening 13.formed in the top cross hair or men her of a frame which is composed ofuprights 14 and top cross har or member 15 and which may be hraced hycross-bars 16, each of said trames hemg suitahly secured to and support-1 for instance,

ed from the hotly oi the trunkhy having the lower ends of the uprights1- iitting in sockets 17, the hody portion of otherwise. (See Fig. 4.)These frames stand sul'istantially at the inclination shown, al' thoughthat may be clu'lngcd, and they permit said valves to he raised andlowered hy a sliding movement. said valves in such move nent hcingguided hy their arms 12. 'lhese arms are provided with a series ofopenings 18', through any one of which a pin it) may he passed and whichwill hear against the. top

memhcr or har 15 oi the frame justdescrihed. so as to sustain saidvalves to whatever position they may he adjusted vertically: Thesehinged and sliding valves may he raised by an ordinary har or lever,which may he inserted through one of a series of openings 20 made in thearm 12, said lever in such case having a purchase or hearing on one oithe cross-hars it} of the frame when lifting the valve, said lever notheiug illustrated, as it may he an ordinary straight lever or crowhar.itis preferred, however, to provide a windlass t'or aising each of thesehinged and slidinggates or valves.

ported hy the (:i'ossdmrs ltiand provided with a cahle which passes overa pullcy-hloek 3, suspended by a hook 24-, engaging a crosshar 25, thelower end oi said cahle heingcoin nectcd to the lower mcmher 9 ol thehinged and sliding gate on the side thereof opposite.

liyilns means the hinged and to the hinges. sliding gate may he raisedto the height desired to permit the desired volume of water 5 to ilowthrough the trunk, the gate heing held to its ad usted positlon hy meansof the pin iii, passed through one of tho opt-mugs 18' in theupwardly-extendmg arm 12 ot the gate.

, The \vindlass is provided with a. ratchet iii,

with which ongagcsa pawl 27, and isalso provided with a handle 2H, hywinch it. may he 5' turned. A i'ter the gate has hocn adjusted tothehcightclesired, at which it is supported hy the pin iii, the cahlemay heslaclu'ned, it desired, as the gate wili he supported in itsraised position hy the cross-pin if). The wind data, however; mightconstitute the sole means formed on the sides oi. V the trunk. near thetop i thereof, and locked therein hy wedges is or 1 iiuch means for the.purpose is illustrated and consists oi a windlass .21. sup- 754, see

for sustaining the gate at its elevated position; hut its primarypurpose is to raise and lower the gate. The cable of the gate which 1controls the outflow of water from the trunk -is at such time slack, soas to permit the lower hinged memher of the gate to swing undertheiniiutmceoi the pressure of the water, and thus permit the gate toopen for the flow of the water ---'iorinstance, as illustrated in Fig;lot the drawings, where the water is supposed to ilow from the source ofsupply i through the trunk to the field to he irrigated, say, on therise of the tide. \Vith the parts in the position illustratml in Fig. 1of the l drawings on the ehh oi the tide the pressure i oi the waterover the irrigatingiicld against j the gate at that end o't'the trunkwill close the l gate against its muzzle or seat, and thus prevent theoutflow of the 'ater from the iield through the trunk. it: will thus heseen that the gate isautomaticallyopened and closed hy j the pressure ofthe water. It desired, each gate may he provided on its face to whichthe hinges are applied with a hox 29 to contain stones or othersuhstanees for the purpose of weighting the gate in order to expeditethe closing of the gate when the flow of water through the trunk is tohe prevented. Under the same construction and arrangement oi parts whenit is desired to drain the irrigiv tion-iield and keep the samedry thegatenext to the iicld is raised and the gate at the opposite end ot" thetrunk lowered, so that the latter gate will he opened by the outflow oil water through the trunk, after which said l gate will automatically orhy gravity seat itself against its muzy'le or seat and prevent inflow oithe water on the rise of the tide.

For the purpose oi preventing trash or dc hris entering the trunk andinterfering with the satisfactory working of the hinged gates or valvesthe hody oithe trunk at oaclrcud l is provided with a screen 31, whichis hinged l to the hody ot the trunk, so as to sw'iiig' (.mt-

wardly from the ends oi the trunk. The pres sure oi the water againstthe hinged screen at the end where the water enters the trunk-hotly willclose the screen, so as to prevent trash and dehris l'rom entering thetrunk, the water passing through the meshes oi the screen, and thepressure of the water ilowing out of the trunk at the opposite end willswingopen the screen at that end, so as to allow the tree passage oi thewater from the, trunk. li' logs or dehris should he iloatiug on theirrigated iicld and it he. desired to carry the same oil' l into theriver, hoth oi the hinged gates in the trunk will he. raisethas well asthe hinged screens at the opposite end oi the trunk, so 1 that on theohh-tide the trash and dchris will he carried out into the river throughthe trunk. D

l or the purpose of exchulingwatenentirely i'rom lhe trunk when it isdesired to have access to the interior oi the trunk for inspection orrepairs there provided at each end i ing said gatesin the'adjustmenhsubstam of the trunk a cut-oil O vertically 1n grooved way rte32, which slides ftially as described.

Normally or 3. ilfhc tidcnvater trunk comprising the when the 1 hingedgates oi the trunk are in bony portion, slidable gates supported in an si o be is water li entering the trunk. I

'EQhe tide nstain the gates in their raised position, hen the trunk isezni itied of Water and is to i not dry {for inspection or repairs,these body portion, the inclined seats within the gates are lowered, soto girevent body portion, the sliding gates resting upon o icraiicmthose cutoff gates 32 raised inclined position within the body portion,one and held in their raised position by pins'ijs adjacent to each endof the body portion, each is through extensions 35 of the onto ates andresting upon cross-bars 36, so i-s to cated one at each end of the bodyportion or ii gate having a hinged member, and screens lothe trunk,substantially as described.

i. The tide-Water trunk comprising the said inclined seats, each gatehaving a hinged "water trunk or flood-gate 0011- member, Windlass, and acable connected at i structed asd scribed has fromact-ual use been oneend to the Windlass and at the other cnd .i'onnd to giye mostsatisfactory results,

it to the hinged member of the gate on the side is comparatively cheapto construct, its parts thereof onposite to its hinges for sliding theare not liable to get out of worl ring orde r, gate substantially asdescribed.

and enables theplanter to control with case b, The tide-Water trunkcomprising the and to the (extent desired the supply or inbodyportion,the shdable andtwo-parth1nged "How and ontllow of water to and from theirrigate located therein, an inclined seat for said gation-lield, sothatthe best results are ob gate, a hinged screen at the end of the bodytinned. V i l have descriiiied with partlculanty ti o pr out of whi butit 3 the several ieatures and novel features of my body portion, both orinvention be retained.

ll ai ing d cscrrbcd my :nven tion and set its merits, what i claim isportion, and the vertical! -slidahle cut-0E gate elocated between thehinged screen and the slidl'erred details o'r. construction of theseveral able two-parthinged gate, substantially as de- 'pzvts and themanner oi arranging and opcrscribed.

al 6. The tide-Water trunk comprising the h the trunk mayJJeconstructed; body portion, thetwo gates located Within the 'ous thatchanges can be made in bony portion, one ad acent to each end of thesaid gates being arranged in an inclined position, one being inorthclined the opposite direction to the other and both hinged'to swing openin the direci. The tide-water trunl; comprising the tion of the end ofthe body portion adjacent bod portion and the hinged and sliding at edwithin the body portion, one ad rid of the body portion, Libst onadjacent to oppr .dew'v'ater trunla: ciiaimrisine' the on, inclinedseats located Wit-run the to ends thereof, u resting upon said seats andeach having a hinged member, and means sustain es to which it islocated, and inclined seats for nt :id gates, substantially asdescribed.

7 in testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JESSE C. HEIDT.

"Witnesses:

Matrrin L. Kine, rinses D. HAnnnLL.

